#BBBA59#BBBA59

#BBBA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.120 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA59
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -12.86, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 50.30, 104.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0379 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.12 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8566, 46.4049, 16.3068)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA59 #595ABB

analogous

#BB8959 #BBBA59 #8BBB59

triadic

#BBBA59 #59BBBA #BA59BB

tetradic

#BBBA59 #59BB89 #595ABB #BB598B

square

#BBBA59 #59BB89 #595ABB #BB598B

split-complementary

#BBBA59 #598BBB #8959BB

monochromatic

#6D6C2D #98973E #BBBA59 #CDCC84 #DFDEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#BBBA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA59

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA59	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.120 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ce8b',
    500: '#bbba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba59;
$custom-light: #d1ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.388,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76974,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA59

secondary

#A3A3CD

accent

#57D256

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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